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Beyond the Margins: Author Entrepreneurship Beyond the Page

Authors, Read This Before Your Next Event

Published about 7 hours ago • 2 min read

Hi Authors,

This week is all about events: ideas for them, guiding principles, minute details, and even what to do if you have an idea but “nowhere to host” it.

And, not to forget: how to make them profitable.

(If profit and revenue have been on your mind this week, scroll down to find the new improved, upgraded, and free to download Author Business Model Worksheet. Events with per-person fees is just one of the 17 author income types we guide you through.)

As promised, from the archives:

  1. A big bag of 100+ ideas:
    ​Author Event Enhancements: The Running List​
  2. The small details to make your events memorable:
    ​Everything Everywhere All at Once for Authors​
  3. Don’t forget to be profit-first:
    ​Author Income Streams, 5 of 17: Events—Per-Person Fee​
  4. Four questions to make your events undeniable:
    ​What Would Make This the Best Decision You Made This Year?​
  5. No venue? No Problem:
    ​Four Ways to Turn Your Home Into a Book Sales Venue​

Free Virtual Power Hours

Our free monthly Zoom calls are designed for you to make more money as an author and create/refine your author business model.

Each call is one hour and combines a little bit of author business education with a lot of community support and brainstorming, personalized to your questions and challenges.

  • October (this month): Author Business Bingo​
    Join us for October Trick or Treating! Win one of four $25 gift cards. We'll be playing Author Business Bingo and evaluating and enhancing your author business practices to finish the year strong.
  • November: TBD

Author Spotlight: Teresa Navas at the
International Latino Book Awards

Congratulations to client Teresa Navas who won an Honorable Mention from the International Latino Book Awards 2026, presented by the Empowering Latino Futures organization!

Written in Spanish, Teresa's book, School Tips for Hispanic Parents: How to Help Your Children Succeed in Elementary School in the United States (title translation), makes a lovely back-to-school gift. Consider passing a copy along to any Spanish-speaking families in your community to help them set their children up for success, especially if they're new to the U.S. school system.

www.SWoodhouseBooks.com is Now Live.

Concierge book publishing for organizations, founders, and families—
built around your vision, your timeline, and your standards.

For years Sharon has offered a business and legacy book service to organizations that want to build their legacy, families that treasure their history, and businesses that have had an industry impact.

Formerly, this was just a page on conspirecreative.com, but now it has a dedicated site: https://www.swoodhousebooks.com/.

Sharon has been wanting to grow this side of her business for a while. If you know of an business or family that would benefit from a visual scrapbook, founder biography, or organizational history book, get in touch by replying to this email or emailing sharon@conspirecreative.com.

Author Business Model Worksheet, a Free Upgrade

We're happy to announce a freshly updated version of our Author Business Model Worksheet. You can find it on Gumroad for free (or pay what you want):

​https://conspirecreative.gumroad.com/l/author-business-model-worksheet​

The Author Business Model Worksheet is a 21-tab spreadsheet with built-in formulas for each of the 17 author income types.

Learn more about how to use the worksheet and what's new in this article.

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All the best,
Kristoffer

Kristoffer Balintona, Content Specialist, Conspire Creative

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Beyond the Margins: Author Entrepreneurship Beyond the Page

by Sharon Woodhouse, Conspire Creative

Beyond the Margins is a twice-monthly newsletter helping authors create enterprises they love around their books, expertise, and experience. It combines 25+ years of indie publishing and author coaching into practical business insights, strategic guidance, and a community of author entrepreneurs.

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